So Trump is trying to deescalate. Which is his typical MO. Some will call it TACO, but in the case of implementing full blown fascism, that's actually a good thing. Even in his dementia-ridden state he has a feel for social reactions. When Vance takes over, on the other hand...

I mean - obviously the guy is the governor of VERMONT so he's an outlier, but it's good to see *finally* some high-ranking Republican politicians taking a stance against this murder spree.

So Trump is -20 in an approval poll. By Rasmussen. Taken, I assume, before the latest murder.

I think Fetterman is now the only DINO who has not yet pledged to veto the DHS funding bill. Unless they force a filibuster removal over this, I don't really see it passing.

It seems that MAGA is underestimating a vital feature of civil society - one that works even under authoritarian regimes. It's not just about the people who support you. It's also about the ones who are indifferent. MAGA propaganda did a great job tuning people out before the Trump - Harris...

I seriously think that MAGA doing a 180 on the Second Amendment will be a breaking point for a lot of otherwise conservative people. There aren't many points in US discourse which are more associated with Republican identity than 2A rights.

So after doing three monkeys for the entire day yesterday, there's been some mild criticism of the government in GOP circles. For now, it's the outsiders (MTG, Massie, Tillis). But there's also a leaked recording of Cruz distancing himself from Trump. I think we'll hear more in the coming days.

So now we see all the MAGA types doing a complete 180 on the Second Amendment, going with "if you carry a gun you deserve to be shot by law enforcement". This should surprise nobody, frankly. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the alt-right cult is *not* conservative at all.

Of course the worldwide right-wing grifters rush in to defend ICE, but this guy is probably the dumbest of them all. Mate, if the British police conducted themselves the way ICE that you're cheering on is conducting themselves now, you'd be dead 5 times over.

Okay, stupid question: did *any* Republican congressperson or senator actually denounce the killing of Alex Pretti? A *single one*?

Add "Second Amendment" to the list, apparently.

What is happening in Minnesota right now is a breaking point for emerging fascism. This second murder is way more blatant than the first. If the perpetrators get away with it, then the entire ICE knows they can murder people at will - and they will start doing so. This is *the* breaking point.

I wish this post hadn't aged as well as it did 😐

Yet another reminder that "religious freedom" is, exactly like "freedom of speech", complete bullshit in the USA. "Religious freedom" means powerful churches can disregard labor protections when they want to fire a gay person - but they do nothing to protect the actual freedom of religion.

When any right winger unironically posts some bullshit about "freedom of speech", just paste them this article. archive.ph/4AZ91

@bishoprobberbaron.bsky.social nice one

Here's the thing - that's exactly what they did. Because the pastor, serving as ICE director, acts in the name of the cult of MAGA and the people killed, maimed, displaced and traumatized by ICE are exactly that - human sacrifices to appease the false god.

How fucking demoralized you have to be to detain a FIVE YEAR OLD and move him to a detention center instead of contacting his parents?

I've said it before and I'll repeat it ad nauseam - neoliberal politics have trained liberal politicians who are *pathologically* risk-averse. It's normal for some people to be more risk-averse - but this is both a selection factor for liberal parties and extreme in its effect size.

Barron is so disgusting. For months now, ICE have been grabbing people everywhere - yes, including churches. But when people go protest in a "church" whose pastor is, incidentally, also the acting ICE director, he suddenly is so horribly outraged and active on social media. Disgusting hypocrite.

Chryste Panie, zerknąłem na Xa a tam prawacy całkiem na serio piszą, że EU zwariowała (!) bo eskaluje sytuację wokół Grenlandii (!!). To jest naprawdę zbiorowa psychoza. Ci ludzie zostali doprowadzeni przez social media do autentycznych zaburzeń psychicznych.

I want everyone to understand how insane this is. The president of the USA tells the Norwegian government he's going to take Greenland (owned by Denmark) because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize (which is not given by the government, but a parliamentary committee).

Case #74934 of why you don't let AI perform unsupervised decisions.

Also, just to illustrate to people in the US what the feelings here in Europe now are, one common sentiment I hear is "I hope they start a civil war faster than they have the time to instigate anything else in Europe". Your government is basically being considered Putin on steroids.

Okay, daily pessimistic POV: - NATO is already gone. The European part might be salvageable if we get our act together. The damage dealt with the Greenland case has already destroyed all trust. - USA is currently Europe's greatest enemy, together with Russia. They are doing everything to destroy us.

I'm dreaming of a level of European coordination where in today's meeting Vance hears "either you renounce your claims to Greenland and apologize right now or we're banning X and Facebook I the entire EU effective immediately".

I feel like they're not even trying to beat the Nazi allegations at this point.

Wczorajsze wybory w PL2050 przypomniały mi, jak swojego czasu starałem się działać w Stowarzyszeniu i napotkałem moją pierwszą czerwoną flagę sugerującą, że to może nie wypalić. A było to... niewiarygodne dziadowanie na infrastrukturze informatycznej nowo powstającego ruchu.

Those morons can't even get the translation right. Should be "One People. One Nation. One Leader." Seriously though, please tell me, between this and posting Nazi recruitment ads, why should we NOT threat the current US government as literal Nazis?

Patrzcie #PLbsky, brytole też mają swojego Rybickiego.

Speculation: they want to hide the shooter's identity as long as they can because he's some sort of hardcode Nazi with a Nazi online presence and once his identity comes out the fallout will be hard to contain.

Krisi Noem's goons murdered a woman in cold blood, prevented medical help, then Noem proceeded to lie about it, but Jacob Frey said "fuck" on public TV. This lowering of standards on both sides has to stop.

Anti-human, anti-life; corrosive of sociality, civility, decency, dignity, piety, and fear of God; cynically contemptuous of truth in its abject nihilism; a stain on Christian witness for those who make themselves complicit—the cancerous rot of MAGA must go.

Okay, so not only did they murder the woman, they literally not only did not even try providing medical care, they prevented anyone from giving medical care as well? I seriously cannot imagine how utterly depraved those ICE thugs must be. Absolutely sickening.

Can't wait for the press conference with Mike Johnson where he responds he hasn't heard anything about the ICE murder because he has been busy lately.

So it seems that ICE succeeded to do what it failed in Chicago: murdering an observer in cold blood and then lying about it. Maybe the comparisons between Gestapo and ICE are exagerrated for now, but they're quickly closing the gap. And remember we're only a year into Trumpreich.

Akcję "Tusk musi odejść" uważam niniejszym za otwartą.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery

So wait, the current word on the street is that the entire super-intricate military operation that just happened was done purely for bragging rights and replacing Maduro with someone who *maybe possibly* cooperates more with US businesses, while doing nothing with the *evil communist regime*?

The Danish government should just sanction her at this point.

I see Fetterman's having his "our expectations of you were low but holy fuck" moment.

Oh look, Trump is just finding out that going in guns blazing and assassinating / kidnapping a dictator is the *easy* part.

This poem by famous Polish poet Julian Tuwim is almost 100 years old. And yet it feels like it was only written yesterday: web.archive.org/web/20180306...

Of course Cuba is next on the menu. Doing regime change in Cuba is Marco Rubio's wet dream. It's the thing that he's in this government for.

If a few years ago you told me I'd be approvingly quoting Marine Le Pen against the President of the USA I'd have laughed you out to the moon.

Seriously though, the thing I'm really worried about is that Trump struck a deal with China "we take Venezuela, you take Taiwan". Because that would be absolutely terrible.

Dzisiejsze wydanie sponsoruje Julian Tuwim. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJOb...

Budanov for Yermak is a huge move. I do feel like Yermak was a mistake, but Zelensky time and time again shows he's capable of learning and making hard decisions under pressure. He's appointing a young, ambitious and extremely competent "vice-president". Hope this works out well.

This is part of the reason why people elected Trump and also elected Mamdani, and why they didn't elect Harris and don't trust a lof of the Democrats: *agency*. The feeling that politicians will *get things done* without splitting hairs on *every single decision*.

I must admit, the Ukrainian special forces never cease to amaze me with their sheer audacity. Morale-wise, this is an absolutely brilliant maneuver that completely humilliates the Russians, something that's always a huge win in the world of secret services.